Momoko Hirata

First Soloist, Birmingham Royal Ballet

Born in Gunma, Japan, Momoko Hirata started dancing at the age of five. She trained at the Reiko Yamamoto Ballet School and the Royal Ballet School and danced the pas de deux from The Two Pigeons with The Royal Ballet in 2003. She joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2003 and was promoted to First Artist in 2005 to Soloist in 2008 and then to First Soloist in 2010. In 2011 Momoko joined Corella Ballet as a Principal. She returned to Brimingham Ballet this Spring.